Chapter 305: Cavalry Confrontation
Wu Dashan is also a commander who knows the art of war, the front of the defense line is arranged with sword and shield soldiers, the back is pikemen, and the back is archers, and there is an exit, waiting for those soldiers who stopped the 'Mongolian' ancients to return and then block it, and the several carriages carried by the team were also unloaded with the contents on them, and were placed as fortifications behind the sword and shield men as a fortification for the pikemen.
Before the reserved gap, there was no half-foot of slag left like other places, but cut down to the roots, I was still wondering, why did these soldiers not leave slag, so that it was not better to block the cavalry of the 'Mongolian' ancients, don't you know that this is also Wu Dashan's arrangement.
Standing on the mountain bag, you can already see that on the official road in the north, Ge Qianhu, who went to resist the "Mongolian" ancients, has "handed" with the "Mongolian" ancients, although it is separated by five miles, but the sound of fighting still comes with the wind, the neighing of war horses, the shouts of soldiers, and the screams of wounded soldiers.
Wu Dashan, who arranged the soldiers' defense, quickly ran to the top of the mountain bag, although it was winter, but his face was still sweaty, he wiped the sweat on his face with his sleeve, and said to Zhang Juzheng: "Lord Zhang, the following arrangements are made, what should I do next?" "Although Wu Dashan is the supreme military commander here, even if he knows what to do, in front of Zhang Juzheng, he still comes to ask for instructions first.
"General Wu, you are the commander here, what do you say next, the old man and everyone here listen to you, you can arrange what you need us to do, as for what to do next, what do you think you should do, just go and command."
Seeing Zhang Juzheng say this, Wu Dashan didn't say anything more, and he was also thinking in his heart, you see that Zhang Juzheng is worthy of being the teacher of the emperor of the cabinet ministers, and his heart is different.
Wu Dashan instructed the heralds who followed him: "You go and inform Ge Qianhu and let them retreat to the mountain bag one by one, remember to tell them that not a single wounded person is allowed to be left behind, as long as there is a brother with a good breath, bring them back to me, and it is strictly forbidden to fight with the 'Mongolian' ancients." ”
After the herald left, Wu Dashan looked at the four teams who were still 'manipulating' the mandarin duck formation and asked, "Lord Zhang, I arranged for them to protect you here, what are you doing, why can't I understand it." ”
"General Wu, of course you don't understand, this is the mandarin duck formation used by Marshal Qi Jiguang in the south during the anti-Japanese period, today the old man thinks that he can be used to deal with the cavalry of the 'Mongolian' ancients, so he will arrange for them to train temporarily, and see if there is any effect on dealing with the cavalry of the 'Mongolian' ancients in a while."
Wu Dashan looked at the soldier who was holding a small tree more than three zhang long and was 'drilling' in surprise, and said: "Lord Zhang, this branch can also fight against the cavalry of the 'Mongolian' ancients. There was a tone of suspicion in his tone.
"Ha, ha, General Wu, you don't know this, when Qi Jiguang dealt with the Japanese invaders, he used a bamboo pole, don't underestimate these things, Qi Jiguang relied on these things to defeat the Japanese invaders, and today the old man will also try to deal with the 'Mongolian' ancients." Zhang Juzheng said with a smile.
"Lord Zhang, Xia Guanjue, it's better to let them protect your safety here, if we can't stop the cavalry of the 'Meng' ancients, let them protect you and Lord Lan to break out first."
"How can that, I, Zhang Juzheng, am also the cabinet assistant of the Ming Dynasty, how can I show weakness in front of the 'Meng' ancients, today the old man also has to try the sword in his hand, I want to go to the Xuanfu in a dignified manner, how can I secretly 'touch' and 'touch' abandon you."
"My lord, we are soldiers, the horse leather shroud is our fate, and it is also our responsibility to protect the safety of the adults to go to the Xuanfu, even if we fight one person, we will not let you be hurt by the 'Meng' ancients. However, you are different, my lord, you are a Qincha, shouldering the heavy responsibility of negotiating with the 'Mongolian' ancients, and there can be no mistakes, and the lower officials still insist that Lord Zhang break through with Lord Lan at the right time. ”
"General Wu, don't say it, the old man has made up his mind, it is impossible to change it, I think there is another place you should pay attention to, that is, where the gap is, you have to send more archers, and you can't let the 'Meng' ancient cavalry follow our team to fight in, and use the archers to suppress them."
Wu Dashan looked at me helplessly, I know that Zhang Juzheng will not leave like this, I also understand Wu Dashan's thoughts, they will swear to protect the safety of the two of us, but he still doesn't know Zhang Juzheng's personality, don't look at Zhang Juzheng's usual appearance as a scholar, he is also a civil official, but he can't understand the strength of his heart.
"General Wu, you just do what Master Zhang instructs, my teacher will not leave, and negotiating with the 'Mongolian' ancients also needs a kind of momentum, if I leave like this with the teacher, they will also look down on us when negotiating with the 'Mongolian' ancients, rather than being looked down upon, if we first have a vigorous fight with the 'Mongolian' ancients, now the victory or defeat is not known, and General Wu should not be too pessimistic."
Wu Dashan saw that we all insisted on not leaving, so he no longer persuaded him, stood on the top of the mountain, looked at the team that resisted the cavalry of the 'Mongolian' ancients, and gradually retreated to this side along the official road.
Seeing that there was still more than a mile to go, Wu Dashan pulled me aside, avoided Zhang Juzheng and said: "Lord Lan, I want to lead the team to attack and take our team back, the safety of Lord Zhang here depends on you, I still say the same thing, when we can't stop it, you take Lord Zhang to leave from behind." ”
After speaking, without waiting for my reply, he took people down the mountain to the gap left, there was already a team of more than 100 cavalry waiting for Wu Dashan there, it seems that Wu Dashan had already prepared, this Wu Dashan is indeed not an ordinary talent, he is a good general with troops, no wonder Cheng Anhou will bring him to the capital to train the Beijing army, not only has strategy, but also courage, a general who dares to share weal and woe with the soldiers, in order to win the respect of the soldiers, but also to let the soldiers work hard for him.
Zhang Juzheng and I are standing on the mountain bag, every move below is in our eyes, Zhang Juzheng looked at Wu Dashan's arrangement, and couldn't stop nodding, Zhang Juzheng is a civil official, but it does not mean that he does not know the art of war, many civil officials during the Ming Dynasty went to the border town to be the main general, and the current Xuanda Governor Wang Chonggu is one of them.
Wang Chonggu was a Jinshi in the twentieth year of Jiajing (141) and a native of Puzhou, Shanxi. I like to talk about military affairs, and I know all the borders. He successively served as the director of the Criminal Department, the Shaanxi Provincial Inspector, and the Henan Political Envoy. In the thirty-fourth year of Jiajing (1 year), he was the deputy envoy of the Changzhen military garrison, and he defeated the Japanese in Xiagang, and in the forty-third year of Jiajing (164 years), he was promoted to the imperial history of the right capital and the governor of Ningxia. In the early years of Longqing, he was appointed as the military governor of Shaanxi, Yan, Ning, and Gansu. He reformed the governor of Shanxi and Yida military affairs, and was a representative figure of the soldiers and soldiers in the civil ministers.
As the retreating team got closer and closer, Wu Dashan led the cavalry that was ready to meet the horse, and when the team was about to reach the gap with more than 100 steps, Wu Dashan led the more than 100 cavalry to rush out.
"Teacher, what's the matter with this General Wu, isn't this rushing out 'mixed' with our retreating soldiers?"
"Ha, ha, Yun Jie, this Wu Dashan is not an ordinary reckless man, you just wait and see." Zhang Juzheng was confident and stared at the battle below with great interest.
It's the first time I've really seen the battlefield fighting, and I'm looking down intently. The cavalry led by Wu Dashan rushed down at a very fast speed, and when they were about to collide with the team led by Ge Qianhu, Ge Qianhu's team suddenly flashed to both sides, and the position of the official road in the middle was completely given to Wu Dashan, who rushed down from the hillside.
The 'Meng' ancients who were chasing behind didn't expect this trick, and when they were 'confused' about what was going on, Wu Dashan's cavalry had already rushed to the front, and before they could react, they were cut down by Wu Dashan's cavalry, and the 'Mongolian' ancient cavalry who were very close in front of them were cut under the horse. It's chaotic, seeing that Wu Dashan's cavalry is so brave, there is still a lot of resistance, turn around and run back, the cavalry behind doesn't know what happened, and is still moving forward.
The cavalry of the Beijing army, which flashed to both sides, turned around and killed the 'Mongolian' ancients with Wu Dashan, and the 'Mongolian' ancient cavalry that was 'mixed' and 'chaotic' could still organize effective resistance there, and the ones behind saw that the front ones were repulsed, and they also turned their horses and ran back.
Because, the commander of the 'Meng' ancients was still far behind, and he didn't know what was going on in front of him, and they often came to fight grass Gu before, and the combat effectiveness of the Ming army was not looked down upon by them at all, so it was not until the cavalry in front retreated that I knew that this time it was not the previous Ming army, so I quickly organized to collect the retreating cavalry, and sent the pro-army to resist Wu Dashan's attack.
Wu Dashan saw that the purpose of receiving the response had been achieved, and before their pro-army rushed over, he returned to the temporary cottage with Ge Qianhu's men and horses.
"Wu Dashan is really a general, if the Ming Dynasty has more generals like this, why worry about the troubles." From beginning to end, Zhang Juzheng, who saw Wu Dashan's attack, said to me with emotion.
"Yes, teacher, this General Wu is really not simple, as the commander of the first army, the arrangement is in an orderly manner, and he takes the lead in rushing into battle to kill the enemy, and this courage alone is worthy of the court's commendation."
"When, my civil officials of the Ming Dynasty are not greedy for money, and military attaches are not afraid of death, then this national strength will also come up, and there will be such a shameful regeneration as Tumubao, Yun Jie, go, follow me down to meet the triumphant soldiers."